DuPont Corporation-Company profile, Business Overview, Financial Performance, Operating Segments, Strategic Moves, and Competitive Intelligence Report

Disposable gloves are primarily used across health care and food industry, as a protection tool in order to avoid cross- infection between caregivers and patients. Over time, various variants of disposable gloves have been developed such as natural rubber, nitrile, vinyl and neoprene. Each of the variants renders unique benefits over conventional gloves; this renders wide application over a range of industries such as food service, clean room, industrial application among others. For instance, nitrile gloves are more puncture resistant, friction less, with long shelf life than latex gloves.